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	<title>Entertainment’s Loss Is the Retail Industry’s Gain: eBay, Amazon, and iTunes Profit from Deaths of Michael, Farrah and Ed with Multi-Million Dollar Merchandise Sales </title>
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	<description>The three big losses in the entertainment industry last week have turned into huge gains for the retail industry as fans find room in their recessionary budgets to snatch up...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-06-29T03:48:15Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry May Same Store Sales:  Holiday Boosts and Shopping Budget Cuts Compared to Tax Refund Spending and Charts Without Wal-Mart </title>
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	<description>A survey conducted by America’s Research Group revealed that 30% of American consumers planned to spend more money in May than they had in April, but 27% would only purchase...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-06-21T11:27:50Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Numbers:  494 Store Closings, 877 Openings, 75 Million Problems Solved, 1 Big Chapter 11 Rumor, and 2 Sad Twitter Announcements Don’t Exactly Equal Recovery</title>
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	<description>The numbers from U.S. retail industry in the first two weeks of June tell many different stories depending on the bearish or bullish theory that you’re currently trying to support....</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-06-15T20:08:45Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Global Update: Australia Protests Against Controversial Advertising Used by American Apparel in Stores and Websites Down Under</title>
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	<description>American Apparel has been using the same kind of explicit photographs that have shocked U.S. retailing in its Australian advertisements after opening its first store there in March, 2008. ...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-06-13T19:55:29Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Weekly Numbers:  687 Store Openings, 377 Closings, Chapter 11 Ins and Outs, Retail Sector Ups and Downs Fuel Both Stabilization Hopes and Downturn Fears</title>
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	<description>“Stabilization” is the buzz word in the U.S. retail industry as both experts and consumers seem very intent on finding numbers that will give them an excuse to believe that...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-06-01T23:56:38Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Update: Aeropostale Continues to Defy Recession, Kill Competition, and Rock Wall Street Investors With a Very Basic Marketing Strategy </title>
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	<description>While most members of the U.S. retail industry are focused on cutbacks and survival tactics, Aeropostale continues to defy the recession and post numbers that would be impressive even in...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-05-30T20:21:56Z</dc:date>
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	<title>Memorial Day Gives U.S. Retail Industry A Chance to Remember Customers and Things More Important Than Holiday Discounts</title>
	<link>http://retailindustry.about.com/b/2009/05/25/memorial-day-gives-us-retail-industry-a-chance-to-remember-customers-and-things-more-important-than-holiday-discounts.htm</link>
	<description>Despite the solemnity of the occasion, Memorial Day is usually just another holiday for the U.S. retail industry, providing an occasion for discounting appliances, patio furniture, barbecue grills, and clearing...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-05-25T23:14:18Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Update: Green Movement Exploited, Promoted and Advanced by Top Retailers Despite the Recession</title>
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	<description>The forward motion of the green movement is continuing despite the slowdowns caused by recession, and the U.S. retail industry is being forced to respond to consumer demands for planet...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-05-22T10:36:28Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry Weekly Numbers Soar: 573 Store Openings Are Eclipsed by GM’s 2,639 Store Closings and 130,000 Retail Job Cuts Made to Avoid Chapter 11</title>
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	<description>U.S. retail industry numbers soared last week, but not in a positive turnaround kind of way.  Although the 2009 store opening list grew larger, store opening announcements were buried...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-05-18T01:23:50Z</dc:date>
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	<title>U.S. Retail Industry April 2009 Same Store Sales:   Positive Returns Increase, Executive Excuses Decrease, Wal-Mart Stops Playing the Game</title>
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	<description>There were many positive returns this month when the top U.S. retail industry companies reported their same store sales figures.  The complete April, 2009 same store sales list revealed...</description>
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	<dc:date>2009-05-16T18:06:58Z</dc:date>
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